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Update From the NIMH Joshua A. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D.

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Current State of NIMHScience Highlights and UpdatesParticipation in ResearchFuture Directions

Welcome

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About the NIMH Director

Director’s Research Priorities

Current State of NIMH

Science Highlights and Updates

Participation in Research

Future Directions

Introduction

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University of California, San Francisco

Received dual M.D./Ph.D.

Pioneered methods to study brain plasticity in miceColumbia University Psychiatry residency, neuroscience fellowshipJoined Department of PsychiatryDirector of the Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute Adult Psychiatry Residency Program

Research focus on neural activity in mice carrying mutations of relevance to psychiatric disease

Maintained psychiatric practice, caring for patients who suffer from the illnesses studied in the lab

Intervention led to a 30% decrease in suicide attempts over the 52-weeks follow-up, as compared to standard emergency treatment care

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2016

Science Highlight:

Tracking Disparities in Access to Care

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http://hcsrn.org/mhrn/en/ResearchProjects/

MHRN is the nation’s preeminent source of population-based research on mental health, partnering with 13 health system research centers that provide care of a diverse population of over 12.5 million people in 15 states

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Mental Health Research Network (MHRN)

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Karen Coleman, Greg Simon et al, 2016, Psychiatric Services

Coleman…Simon,

Psychiatric Services

, 2016

Are Racial-Ethnic Differences in Psychiatric Diagnosis and Treatment Present in Health Care Systems Across the US?

(n= 7.5 million adults)

Racial-Ethnic Differences in

Psychiatric Diagnosis and Treatment

Racial-ethnic differences in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric conditions persist, especially for Blacks

Blacks were nearly twice as likely as Whites to receive a diagnosis of Schizophrenia

Depression and anxiety diagnoses were lower among racial-ethic minorities compared to non-Hispanic Whites

Exception: Native American and Alaskan Native groups had similar rates as Whites

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Science Highlight:

Brief Therapy for Pediatric Anxiety and Depression

2017

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Clinical Trial of Children andAdolescents with Depression or Anxiety

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Weersing…Iyengar,

JAMA Psychiatry

, 2017

Enrolled 185 children and adolescents (ages 8 – 16) with depression or an anxiety disorder

Historic effort to gather data from one million or more people in the U.S.

Focus on individual differences in lifestyle, environment, and biology

Paving the way toward precision medicine

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About the NIMH Director

Director’s Research Priorities

Current State of NIMH

Science Highlights

Participation in Research

Future Directions

Moving Forward

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Prioritize excellent science, and within the realm of excellent science, diversity.

Focus on learning and working closely with all of you to gain insight that can help inform the future directions of our research programs.

Address challenges facing NIMH.Think more broadly about neuroscience, psychiatry, and public health.Help build momentum towards treatments that can change the lives of individuals, families, and communities affected by mental disorders.